Jennifer Wager

Jennifer Wager is a Newark-based filmmaker and director of Venezuela Rising and Against the Silence: The Families of the Five Speak Out, which have screened at international film festivals and been broadcast on Latin American TV. Prof. Wager is an Assistant Professor at Essex County College, where she directs the Communications and New Media Technology programs. She produces for WBAI Radio in NYC, as well as the TV series, Newark City of Poets. She holds a M.A. in Africana Studies from Ohio State University and a M.A. in Communication and Technology from Georgetown University. She is currently at work on a documentary about the Latin American Medical School in Havana, Cuba.